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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 16-07-1996 and time 12:36:41 (UTC) in region 5 km SE Colliano (SA)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Colliano (SA), on

  • 16-07-1996 12:36:41 (UTC)
  • 16-07-1996 14:36:41 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.7010, 15.3360 at 5 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Colliano SA 5 3638 3638
Palomonte SA 6 3985 7623
Valva SA 7 1643 9266
San Gregorio Magno SA 7 4286 13552
Buccino SA 8 5047 18599
Oliveto Citra SA 8 3802 22401
Laviano SA 10 1438 23839
Contursi Terme SA 10 3394 27233
Romagnano al Monte SA 12 368 27601
Senerchia AV 12 842 28443
Santomenna SA 12 443 28886
Castelgrande PZ 13 943 29829
Ricigliano SA 13 1144 30973
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 13 619 31592
Calabritto AV 14 2391 33983
Muro Lucano PZ 14 5497 39480
Caposele AV 16 3483 42963
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 16 3519 46482
Balvano PZ 16 1830 48312
Pescopagano PZ 16 1910 50222
Salvitelle SA 16 560 50782
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 16 1539 52321
Conza della Campania AV 18 1373 53694
Auletta SA 18 2336 56030
Postiglione SA 18 2151 58181
Serre SA 18 3995 62176
Teora AV 18 1537 63713
Vietri di Potenza PZ 18 2832 66545
Bella PZ 18 5171 71716
Petina SA 19 1159 72875
Campagna SA 20 16703 89578
Pertosa SA 20 690 90268

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
49 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
51 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
53 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
67 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
87 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 2.0
ML-VAX 1.5 		1996-07-16
12:36:41		 40.701 15.336 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 249149
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-07-16 12:36:41 ± 0.642
Latitude 40.7010 ± 0.0275
Longitude 15.3360 ± 0.0492
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 249149

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 5153.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 234
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00113
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00526
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 249149
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:55:43

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 249149
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MGR.Z. 1996-07-16T12:37:02.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG 163 0.5883 -0.14 0.5
--.MGR.Z. 1996-07-16T12:36:54.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 163 0.5883 0.89 0.7
--.SL9.Z. 1996-07-16T12:36:54.83 10.0 undecidable manual SG 144 0.3774 -1.14 0.1
--.SL9.Z. 1996-07-16T12:36:50.92 10.0 undecidable manual PG 144 0.3774 1.25 0.4
--.MU9.Z. 1996-07-16T12:36:46.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 62 0.1221 0 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1996-07-16T12:36:46.37 10.0 undecidable manual SG 188 0.1332 -0.48 0.5
--.SGO.Z. 1996-07-16T12:36:44.29 10.0 positive manual PG 188 0.1332 -0.12 3.5
--.MU9.Z. 1996-07-16T12:36:43.85 10.0 undecidable manual PG 62 0.1221 -0.29 1.5
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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